A Copper Top Still in the hills and a chance to ride a Combine. What a week!

I don’t even know where to start.  In the past two weeks we have checked some major thing off the old bucket list.  A few months before Anna and I left on our trip we sat down and made a list of a few major things we would like to see along t…

Sea Spirit

The stripped teak looks good!

The teak got de-varnished, and it now has a completely different look and feel to it — much more natural, and too our liking. Originally, after stripping the varnish off, we wanted to leave it au natural, and we still do. Actually, in the rain, they s…

Sea Spirit

The stripped teak looks good!

The teak got de-varnished, and it now has a completely different look and feel to it — much more natural, and too our liking. Originally, after stripping the varnish off, we wanted to leave it au natural, and we still do. Actually, in the rain, they s…

Report From Onboard Jenny

Tuesday, November 02, 2010 7:08:57 PMLocation: Boot Key HarborLatitude is 24 degrees 42.313 minutes north.Longitude is 81 degrees 5.906 minutes west.No recent weather observation is available. We pulled Jenny’s anchor around 08:00 yesterday and head…

Photos from Key West 2

Creatures from the Green Lagoon. Just another day on vacation. Things started to get kinky as the sun set. The crowd had fun. Then the parade started. And went on until midnight. David A Schramm M/V Jenny Jenny <[link]> ‘s Journey Bla…

Photos from Key West 1

I won’t send any of the really frightening photos, but there was some nice art on display. Melinda and me having lunch. Everyone liked Melinda’s new hat. At the Hemmingway house. In the garden at the Hemmingway House. Melinda wanted to send thi…

Check out this really big move!

This is how professional tug captains move a drilling rig the size of a football field.  No sweat, right?  Right.

UP the Rivers (and down a bit)

The Ohio and Cumberland Rivers (and Nashville)Wednesday, September 29thQuiet night, woke up to a light fog. The anchorage was about ½ mile from the construction site for a new dam and lock. It has been under construction for about 20 years now. Fundin…

Alligator River; Turn & Bump

When we travel, like many others we use a form of both electronic and paper charts as well as updates of the ICW from various sources.Conditions are constantly changing as weather wind and tides have their way. But there are sections of the the waterwa…

Tuesday, Nov 2

We decided to have our boat hauled because it needs a little work.
 Seriously, we did have it hauled to fix a prop that got damaged while we were trying to get into an anchorage on the Tenn-Tom.  Look at the “mustache” that built up on the …